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The title refers to concepts derived from fractal Geometry which deals with the natural phenomena where structures share characteristics for example the vein of a leaf grows similar to a flowing river cutting into a landscape. The body of works exhibited here form part of a collection, which plays with the sameness and difference that make up portraits. Originally done sporadically in sketchbooks taken from day to day observations of urban life. These works started as an experiment in which I tried to find a figrative relationship between found portraits and experssionistic memories of faces.The works have no beginning or end unto themselves but are a type of stream of consciousness the meanders between figurative abstract and expressionistic styles. Similar to the experience of traveling through the day and recording experiences from moment to moment. As well as traditional techniques of drawing and paintings I have also made use of masks to illustrate the ambiguous nature of revealing and hiding of personalities below the persona.

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Chris Williams 28 Apr 2006

great idea